Post-Assessment Characterization I

Is this direct or indirect characterization?

Jack looked at his sister with a strange look on his face after she put ketchup in her milk.

• direct

• indirect

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Is this direct or indirect characterization?

Jack thinks his sister is weird for putting ketchup in her milk.

• direct

• indirect

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Once upon a time there was a beautiful young girl named Cinderella. Cinderella lives with her evil stepmother and stepsisters who force her to clean day and night. After many harrowing adventures Cinderella meets her prince charming and lives happily ever after.

• Direct

• Indirect

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Captain Jack Sparrow from Dead Man’s Chest

Gibbs: “Something’s got Jack vexed, setting a course without knowing his own heading. Trust me…. What bodes ill for Jack bodes ill for us all.”

• Direct

• Indirect

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the following and determine if the author used direct or indirect characterization.

How did I get myself in this mess, Jessie asked himself as he slowly emptied his pockets of the goods he had taken from the local pharmacy on the corner across from his house. I really don't even need this stuff, he thought as tears streamed down his face.

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3